Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Corchorus hirtus L.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Plantae

Phylum
Magnoliophyta

Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)

Order
Malvales

Family
Malvaceae

Genus
Corchorus

Species
hirtus

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.; Corchorus pilolobus Link. 1st june 2021 family changed to Malvaceae (Patricia Jaramillo & María del Mar Trigo)

References

  • Wiggins, I.L. Porter, D.M. (1971) Flora of the Galapagos Islands Standford University Press, Stanford.
  • Robinson, B.L. (1902) Flora of the Galapagos Islands. Papers from the Hopkins-Stanford Expedition to the Galapgaos Islands. Proc. Amer. Acad. 38(4): 78-270.
  • Stewart, A. (1911) A botanical survey of the Galápagos Islands. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 4th Series, 1: 7-288.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Corchorus hirtus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=19041. Accessed 1 May 2025.